Day: 9 December 2022

Sodexo’s industry-wide food waste campaign wins at Waste2Zero Awards 2022

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo’s Appetite for Action campaign to tackle food waste in the foodservice industry was named the winner in the Best Waste Project Communication and Stakeholder Engagement category at the 2022 Waste2Zero awards. Sodexo’s food waste strategy is a key element of its net zero roadmap and with the absence of the impact of food waste on the COP26 agenda Sodexo wanted to bring together the link food waste has on carbon emissions and net zero ambitions. The campaign brought together experts and the industry to understand and address the issue.…

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WPP study reveals how brands can unlock £16.7 trillion spending power of Minority Ethnic consumers

Stuart Mitchell

WPP recently published The Consumer Equality Equation, the most comprehensive study into the relationship between ethnicity, the consumer experience in the UK and potential business growth opportunities. Supported by WPP’s Racial Equity Programme – which funds inclusion projects that advance racial justice across the world – the report reveals ways in which businesses can address what matters most to these consumer groups to both unlock commercial opportunities and create positive societal impact. Demographics in the UK are changing: the number of people from Minority Ethnic groups will double to almost…

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Big Society Capital appoints new non-executive board member

Stuart Mitchell

The Board of Big Society Capital is delighted to announce the appointment of Stan Chan. Subject to regulatory approval, Stan will join Big Society Capital having held roles as a trustee in several social organisations after a career in finance. Stan has spent most of the last decade consulting for both commercial and not-for-profit clients on financial strategy, raising of capital, cash flow planning and risk management. Stan trained as a chartered accountant while working in management consultancy at Coopers & Lybrand. He then held various positions in the Lattice…

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Barnardo’s Scotland utilising £700,000 of funding to create hundreds of construction industry jobs

Stuart Mitchell

Leading Scottish charity Barnardo’s has received £700,000 in funding to support hundreds of young people to make the move into construction industry jobs across the country. The funding, which has come from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), will allow Barnardo’s Scotland to support people into work, within the construction industry, along with access to relevant industry-recognised training. The initiative, which is part of the CITB’s Scottish Academy for Construction Opportunities commission (SACO), covers Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee, the Highlands, Perth & Kinross and Moray, and will run over the…

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Secondary Breast Cancer Initiative Goes Nationwide 

Stuart Mitchell

A pioneering Scots initiative to help secondary breast cancer patients is being rolled out UK-wide.  The Patient Trials Advocate service (PTA) introduces people with the incurable disease to clinical trials which can help to improve outcomes and extend life.  Since it began north of the border last year it has received a 100% approval rating and brought fresh hope to patients living with this largely unknown type of breast cancer which kills 1000 women in the UK each month.  The initiative was developed by charity Make 2nds Count which campaigns to raise…

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